Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:51:40 +1000 From: "Con Menezes" <[email protected]>
Egg Breakfast enhances Weight loss. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18679412?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Excerpt: DESIGN: Otherwise healthy overweight or obese participants were assigned to Egg (E), Egg Diet (ED), Bagel (B) or Bagel Diet (BD) groups, based on the prescription of either an egg breakfast containing two eggs (340 kcal) or a breakfast containing bagels matched for energy density and total energy, for at least 5 days per week, respectively. The ED and BD groups were suggested a 1000 kcal energy-deficit low-fat diet, whereas the B and E groups were asked not to change their energy intake. Further, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides, did not differ between the groups. CONCLUSIONS: The egg breakfast enhances weight loss, when combined with an energy-deficit diet, but does not induce weight loss in a free-living condition. The inclusion of eggs in a weight management program may offer a nutritious supplement to enhance weight loss. [end of excerpt] Mario responds: As far as I know, the only way to achieve any real and lasting weight loss is to use one's basic akkal which means that one's caloric output in terms of activity and exercise must exceed one's caloric input in terms of what one eats and drinks. I don't know what they are putting in the bagels used in the study but I find it hard to believe that eating two eggs a day made no difference to total cholesterol, HDL, LDL and triglycerides. Perhaps Santosh can elaborate.
